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An interesting read.. for free

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Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent is a book written by Uruguayan journalist, writer and poet
Eduardo Galeano, and published in 1971

http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.ph ... merica.pdf

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Just quickly skimmed it but looks quite promising.........will give it a more serious look and read this evening. Thanks for sharing this BM :up :up
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Written by a Uruguayan Marxist and a favourite read of that clown the late Hugo Chavez. So don't expect a balanced history LLL. Although I do understand why Bullet (it's always the white mans fault) Magnet would like it. :sk :sk :sk :sk
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ohhhhhhhhhhhh good to know - just opened the URL, scrolled and skimmed so hmmmmm - will peruse but good to know.........
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Stevepj wrote:Written by a Uruguayan Marxist and a favourite read of that clown the late Hugo Chavez. So don't expect a balanced history LLL. Although I do understand why Bullet (it's always the white mans fault) Magnet would like it. :sk :sk :sk :sk

So what happened then ? please enlighten me oh wise one... :cool:


Anyway, the book is more than just about who did what to who..
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That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.
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